Mysterious sheep appearance in La Conner

Dick Dorsten walked out into his front yard on Saturday morning and made a startling discovery.

A pair of sheep were standing in front of his Morris Street home in La Conner. They apparently made their way inside his garden fence sometime over Christmas with no clue indicating where they’d come from.

On closer inspection, it appears that Santa is an anonymous woodworker who crafted the whimsical sheep in a pose that La Conner residents will recognize as distinctly Dorsten-esque.

The painted wood sheep are wearing hats and holding hands – pretty reminiscent of Dick and Nina Dorsten, marri...